Purification method and kits

US8043811B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Food & Environment Research Agency (FERA) representing the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · GB

Inventors

• Christopher Danks · Waukesha, US
• Neil Boonham · York, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 12, 2007
• Grant date: Oct 25, 2011
• Expiry date: Mar 12, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N15/1017
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method for separating nucleic acid from a liquid sample, said method comprising the steps of causing a liquid sample containing or suspected of containing said nucleic acid to flow along a bibulous membrane, for example of a conventional lateral flow device, so that nucleic acid is distributed along the length of the membrane. The nucleic acid may be detected on the membrane.